President Harry S Truman + The Orwellian Dystopia of 1984

Today the Gr8s:

• Did some oral drill of the pictures of U. S. Presidents from Truman through Ford
• Watched, pausing to discuss, parts of two videos on President Harry S Truman:
• Truman Film Clip - 1st 10:32
• Truman Documentary - The American Experience - 2:17:12 - @1:27:42 - FDR-->Truman
• Analyzed highlighted items in 1984 - Teacher's Annotated Text, most of which are key aspects of the Orwellian dystopia. Students are asked to explain what each of the yellow highlighted terms is.

Assignments

For Wednesday - Finish explaining the yellow highlighted terms in 1984 - Teacher's Annotated Text.

For Monday- Quiz over next 13 words in Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War

For Future Reference:
Presidential Lost Archives: Harry S Truman - 42:29